Flower cutter



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ATTORNEY Patented June 18, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLOWERCUTTER y Thomas. Patrick Tierney, Jr., Montgomery, N. Y. y

Application March 16, 1934, Serial No. 715,877

5- of owers obliquely.

It is a well known fact ythat an oblique out of. the stems of flowerswill present a larger surface for the entrance of the water intothestems of flowers and thus prolong their life considerably longer than astraight cut.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a flower stem cutterof comparatively simple and therefore inexpensive construction, yetdurable and highly efiicient in its operation.

A further objectvof my invention is the provision of a flower stemcutter having a base provided with a comparatively wide, obliquelyarranged groove therein for the reception of flower stems, the bottom ofwhich is slotted and oppositely disposed to the cutter which is adaptedto be guided against the stems by the operation of the spring controlledhand lever.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a fiowercutter, the blade of which is arranged on a spring controlled operatinglever through which a guide post extends for securely guiding the leverduring its operation to carry the cutter against the stems of thefiowers placed in the obliquely disposed groove for providing an obliquecut. f

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become morefullyl known as the description thereof proceeds and will then be morespecifically dened in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a flower stem cutter constructed accordingto my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the cutter.

Asillustrated, the cutter comprises a base of metal ory similar suitablematerial in form of a platform I supported by the depending side iiangesII and end flanges I2 spacing the platform from its support, whileopenings I3 are provided in the platform to allow the passage offastening means securing the base to its support.

Near one of its ends the platform I0 carries a pair of upstandingparallel, lugs'I4 and `I 5 spaced from one another and supporting theends of a cross pin I6.

An operating bar or lever II formed by bending the material of the leverupon `itself in the direction of its longitudinal axis has one of itsends pivoted onpin I6, while a spring I8 is wound intermediate its endsabout pin I6 and eny gages with one of its ends the inner upper wall ofthe handle I'I and with its other end the base I6 and has the tendencyto hold the lever in an inclined upwardly directed position. 'Ihe otherend of the lever I1 is formed into a handle I9.

Afblade or cutter 20 is secured near its upper end, as at 2I to the barbetween yits side walls and oppositely disposed to a comparatively wide"groove 22 diagonally Vcarved into base I Il and having a transverse slot23 in its bottom.y

The bar or lever I1 has a slot 24 in its top through which projects aguide bar 25'having its lower end anchored in base plate I0.

In operation the stems 2'Iy of the iiowers 26` are placed into thegroove 2,2 and are cut by the knife or cutter 2U upon its depression bymeans of handle I9.

It will be understood that I have disclosed the preferred form of myinvention as one example only of the many possible ways" to practicallyconstruct the same and that I may make such changes in the generalarrangement thereof and in the construction of its minor details, ascome within the scope of the appended claim without departure from thespirit'of my invention and the principle involved.

Having thus describedv my invention what I claim as new and desire toAsecure by Letters Patent is:

A flower cutter comprising ra base provided with an obliquely disposedcomparatively wide groove therein having a transverse slot in its bottomobliquely disposed to said groove, a cut- .'ter normally held above thegroove in said base, said cutterl operating through said slot, a bar orlever in form of a housing slotted at its bottom, and pivoted' at oneend to said base to which said cutter is attached, said lever having aslot, a guide post anchored in the base passing through the slot in saidlever to guide the same during its operation, a spring wound about Ythepivot pin of said bar or lever intermediate its endsv and engaging withits outer ends saidlever and said base to normally hold the same inupwardly inclinedl position above said base permitting the depression ofsaid 'cutterxto obliquely cut the stems of iiowers placed into thegroove of the base upon the depression of said lever by its handle.

' THOMAS PATRICK TIERNEY, JR. y

